A 19 to 17 Ma amagmatic extension event at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Ultramafic mylonites from the Vema Lithospheric Section

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Cipriani, Anna ^a   Bonatti, Enrico ^a,b,c   Seyler, Monique ^d   Brueckner, Hannes K ^a,e   Brunelli, Daniele ^b,c   Dallai, Luigi ^c   Hemming, Sidney R ^a   Ligi, Marco ^c   Ottolini, Luisa ^c   Turrin, Brent D ^a,f  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amagmatic event; Mantle melting; Mid ocean ridge; Mylonite; Peridotite; Petrology

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049122677     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002534     Document Type: Article

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